You can personalize the linked-clone desktops that are created from a parent virtual machine by using the QuickPrep system tool. View Composer executes QuickPrep when a linked-clone desktop is created or recomposed.

QuickPrep customizes a linked-clone desktop in several ways:

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Gives the computer a name that you specify when you create the linked-clone pool.

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Creates a computer account in Active Directory, joining the computer to the appropriate domain.

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Mounts the View Composer persistent disk. The Windows user profile is redirected to this disk.

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Redirects temp and paging files to a separate disk.

These steps might require the linked clones to restart one or more times.